Ngāueʻaki ʻa e Lelei Taha Hoʻo Moʻuí
NAʻE ʻi fale ʻa e tamaí, ʻo tokoto tali mate, ko e kanisā. Ko hono fohá naʻe ʻi he falengāué ʻo fakamāʻopoʻopo ʻa e ngaahi meʻangāue fakatufunga ʻa ʻene tamaí. ʻI heʻene ala ko ia ki he ʻū meʻangāué, naʻá ne fakakaukau ai ʻo fekauʻaki mo e ngaahi meʻa fakaʻofoʻofa kuo ngaohiʻaki ʻe heʻene tamaí. Neongo naʻe pipiki atu pē ʻa e falengāué ki he falé, naʻá ne ʻilo heʻikai ʻaupito toe hū mai ki ai ʻene tamaí ʻana, pea ʻe ʻikai ʻaupito toe ala ki he ngaahi meʻangāue naʻe pōtopotoʻi ʻi hono ngāueʻakí. Ko e taimi ia ko iá kuo ʻosi.
Naʻe fakakaukau ʻa e fohá ki he konga tohi ko ia ʻi he Koheleti 9:10 (PM): “Koia kotoabe oku ilo e ho nima ke fai, fai ia aki ho malohi kotoabe; he oku ikai ha gaue, be ha filioi, be ha ilo, be ha boto i he faitoka, aia oku ke alu ki ai.” Naʻá ne ʻiloʻi lelei ʻa e konga tohi ko iá. Naʻá ne ʻosi ngāueʻaki tā tuʻo lahi ia ʻi heʻene akoʻi ki he niʻihi kehé ʻa e moʻoni ko ia ʻo e Tohitapú ko e maté ko ha tuʻunga ia ʻo e taʻengāue. ʻOku aʻu he taimí ni ki hono lotó ʻa e mālohi ʻo e fakamatala ʻa Solomoné—ʻoku totonu ke tau moʻui kakato ʻaki ʻetau moʻuí pea fiefia ʻi hotau ngaahi ʻahó lolotonga ʻetau kei malavá koeʻuhí he ʻe hoko mai ʻa e taimi ʻa ia ʻe ʻikai te tau malava ai ke toe fai pehē.
Fiefia ʻi he Moʻuí
ʻI he kotoa ʻo e tohi ʻa Koheletí, ʻoku akonaki ai ʻa e poto ko Tuʻi Solomoné ki heʻene kau lau tohí ke nau maʻu ʻa e fiefia ʻi he moʻuí. Ko e fakatātaá, ʻoku pehē ʻi he vahe 3: ‘Kuó u ʻilo ʻoku ʻikai ha lelei ʻi he nofó, ka ke fiefia ʻa e kakaí mo fai lelei lolotonga ʻenau moʻuí. Ka ko eni foki, ko e kai mo inu ʻa e tangata kotoa pē, mo ʻene ʻilo lelei ʻi heʻene ngaahi ngāue kehekehe, ko e meʻa foaki ia ʻa e ʻOtuá.’—Koheleti 3:12, 13.
Naʻe fakamānavaʻi ʻe he ʻOtuá ʻa Solomone ke ne toe leaʻaki ʻa e fakakaukau ko ení: “Siini ko e anga oʻeku sio ʻaku: ko eni pe ʻa e lelei, ko eni pe ʻa e fakaʻofoʻofa: ke te kai mo inu, mo ʻilo lelei ʻi he ngaue kehekehe ʻoku te fakafitefitaʻa ai he lalo laʻa, kaeʻoua ke kakato ʻa e ngaahi ʻaho o ʻete moʻui, ʻa ia kuo tuku mai ʻe Elohimi: he ko e ʻinasi ia ʻo e tangata.”—Koheleti 5:18.
ʻOku toe pehē pē ʻa ʻene akonaki ki he kau talavoú: “Tama, ke ke fiefia ʻi hoʻo toki tupu; pea fakafiefiaʻi koe ʻe ho loto ʻi ho taimi talavou [pe finemuí], pea ke fou ʻi he ngaahi hala ʻoku sio ki ai ho loto, pea ʻi he ngaahi meʻa ʻoku sio ki ai ʻe ho mata.” (Koheleti 12:1a, [11:9a, PM]) He meʻa lelei moʻoni ia ke fiefiaʻaki ke kakato ʻa e mālohi mo e ivi fakatalavoú!—Palovepi 20:29.
‘Manatu ki he ʻAfifió naʻe Ngaohi Koé’
Ko e moʻoni, ʻoku ʻikai ʻuhinga mai ʻa Solomone ia ʻoku fakapotopoto ke tulimui ki he meʻa kotoa pē ʻoku fakamānako nai ki hotau lotó pe matá. (Fakafehoanaki mo 1 Sione 2:16.) ʻOku mahino eni mei he meʻa ʻokú ne hiki hoko maí: “Ka ke ʻilo ʻe fakahopo koe ʻe Elohimi ki he fakamaau koeʻuhi ko e ngaahi meʻa ko ia [ʻa e ngaahi tulimui te ne fakafiemālieʻi nai hoʻo ngaahi holí]”. (Koheleti 12:1e [11:9e, PM]) Ko e hā pē hotau taʻumotuʻá, ʻoku totonu ke tau manatuʻi ʻoku ʻafioʻi ʻe he ʻOtuá ʻa e meʻa ʻoku tau faiʻaki ʻetau moʻuí pea te ne fakamāuʻi kitautolu ʻo fakatatau ki ai.
Ko e meʻa fakavalevale moʻoni ia ke fakaʻuhinga ʻo pehē te tau lava ke moʻui ʻi ha moʻui siokita pea tautoloi ʻa e mateaki fakaʻotuá kae ʻoua kuo tau toki hoholo! Ko ʻetau moʻuí ʻe lava ke ngata ʻi ha mōmeniti pē. Pea kapau ʻe ʻikai pehē, ko e tauhi ki he ʻOtuá ʻoku ʻikai hoko ia ʻo faingofua ange ʻi heʻete motuʻá. Ko hono ʻilo ʻa e foʻi moʻoni ko ení, ʻoku tohi ai ʻe Solomone: “Manatu ki he ʻAfifio naʻe ngaohi koe lolotonga hoʻo talavou: teʻeki hoko ʻa e ngaahi ʻaho kovi, teʻeki aʻu mai ʻa e ngaahi taʻu, ʻa ia te ke pehe ai, ʻOku ʻikai vovo ha meʻa kiate au.”—Koheleti 12:2 (12:1, PM).
Ko e hoholo ʻo motuʻá ʻoku ʻi ai pē hono ngaahi haʻahaʻa. ʻOku hoko atu ʻa Solomone ʻo fakamatalaʻi ʻi he ngaahi kupuʻi lea fakaefakatātā ʻa e nunuʻa ʻo e hoholo ʻo motuʻá. Ko e tetetete ʻa e ongo nimá mo e umá, vaivai ʻa e ongo vaʻé, pea ngangana mo e nifó. ʻOku hoko ʻo hinā ʻa e ʻulú pea ngangana. ʻIkai loko maʻu e mohé he ʻoku fafangungofua pē ʻa e taha ia ko iá ʻe he tangi ʻa e manupuná. Ko e ngaahi ongoʻangá—ʻa e sió, fanongó, alá, nanamú, mo e ifó—kuo hoholo. ʻOku toe fakalahi ʻe he sino vaivaí ʻa e manavahē ki he humú mo e ngaahi “fakailifia” ʻo e ngaahi hala puleʻangá. Pea faifai pē ʻo mate ʻa e taha ko iá.—Koheleti 12:2-7.
Ko e taʻumotuʻá ʻoku tautefito ʻa ʻene faingataʻá ki he faʻahinga ko ia kuo nau taʻemalava ke ‘manatu ki he ʻafifió’ lolotonga ʻa ʻenau kei talavoú. Koeʻuhí ko hono maumauʻinoa ʻo ʻene moʻuí, ko ha tokotaha pehē ‘ʻe ʻikai vovo ha meʻa’ ʻi hono ngaahi taʻu ʻamuí. Ko ha founga moʻui taʻefakaʻotua ʻe toe tānaki atu nai ki he ngaahi palopalema mo e mamahi ʻo e taʻumotuʻá. (Palovepi 5:3-11) Ko e meʻa fakamamahí, ʻi he vakai atu ki he kahaʻú, ko e faʻahinga peheé ʻoku ʻikai te nau sio ki ha kahaʻu ka ko faʻitoka pē.
Fiefia ʻi he Taʻumotuʻá
ʻOku ʻikai ʻuhinga ai heni ia ko e faʻahinga taʻumotuʻá ʻe ʻikai malava ke nau fiefia ʻi he moʻuí. ʻI he Tohitapú, ko e “nofo fuoloa, mo e ngaahi taʻu moʻui,” ʻoku toe fekauʻaki ia mo e tāpuaki ʻa e ʻOtuá. (Palovepi 3:1, 2) Naʻe tala ange ʻe Sihova ki hono kaumeʻa ko ʻĒpalahamé: “Ka ko koe . . . ʻe tanu koe kuo ke toulekeleka ʻaupito.” (Senesi 15:15) Neongo ʻa e ngaahi taʻefiemālie ʻo e ngaahi taʻu matuʻotuʻa angé, naʻe maʻu ʻe ʻĒpalahame ia ʻa e nonga mo e fiemālie ʻi hono ngaahi taʻu fakaʻosí, ʻo ne sio atu ki mui ʻi he fiemālie ki ha moʻui naʻe līʻoa kia Sihova. Naʻá ne toe hanga atu foki ki muʻa ʻi he tui ki ha “kolo kuo ai hono gaahi tuuga,” ʻa e Puleʻanga ʻo e ʻOtuá. (Hepelu 11:10, PM) Ko ia ai, naʻá ne mate “kuo fuoloa, pea aʻuaʻu.”—Senesi 25:8.
Ko ia naʻe akonaki ai ʻa Solomone: “Kapau ʻe moʻui ʻa e tangata ʻo lahi taʻu, ʻoku lelei ke ne fiefia ʻi hono kotoa.” (Koheleti 11:7e [11:8, PM]) Tatau ai pē pe ʻoku tau kei siʻi pe motuʻa, ko e fiefia moʻoní ʻoku fehokotaki ia mo hotau vahaʻangatae mo e ʻOtuá.
ʻI he fakaʻosiʻosi ʻa hono fakamāʻopoʻopo atu ʻe he kiʻi talavoú ʻa e ngaahi meʻangāue ʻa ʻene tamaí ʻi he falengāué, naʻá ne fakakaukau ʻo fekauʻaki mo e ngaahi meʻá ni. Naʻá ne fakakaukau ʻo fekauʻaki mo e kakai kotoa naʻá ne ʻiloʻi naʻa nau feinga ke nau ngāueʻaki ʻa e lelei taha ʻi heʻenau moʻuí ka naʻe ʻikai te nau maʻu ha fiefia koeʻuhi naʻe ʻikai hanau vahaʻangatae mo honau Tokotaha-Fakatupú. He hā feʻungamālie moʻoni ʻi he hili ʻa hono ʻoatu ha fakalototoʻa ke fiefia lolotonga ʻa e moʻui ʻa ha taha, naʻe fakanounou ai ʻe Solomone ʻa e ngaahi meʻá ʻaki ʻa e ngaahi lea: “Ko e ngataʻanga ʻeni ʻo e meʻa: kuo aʻau hono kotoa. Ke ke ʻapasia kia Elohimi, ʻo tauhi ʻene ngahi fekau; he ko e kotoa ʻo e tangata ia.”—Koheleti 12:13.